| Description |
xxii, 232 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Contents |
Preface : friends & Indians -- Introduction : winds of change -- The maze of colonialism : the Byrds of Virginia and Indian Territory -- Blizzards of coincidence : Cyrus Harris and William Faulkner's Yoknapatawpha County -- Tempest in the Territory : Winchester Colbert and the crucibles of war -- Conclusion : enlightenment and thunder in Chickasaw intellectual traditions. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 211-218) and index. |
| Summary |
Examines the Chickasaw constitutional republic between 1855 and 1892, a period that saw the Indian Removal, the Civil War, and the Dawes Act, and how three Indian governors led their nation through uninvited changes brought on by white colonizers. |
| Subject |
Governors -- Chickasaw Nation, Oklahoma -- Biography.
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Governors -- Chickasaw Nation, Oklahoma -- History -- 19th century.
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Indians in literature.
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| Added Title |
19th century Chickasaw governors, their lives and intellectual legacy |
| ISBN |
1935684108 |
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9781935684107 |
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